Phone Basics

Phone Overview

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Key Functions

CAUTION! Inserting an accessory into the incorrect jack may damage the phone.

● Proximity Sensor/Light Sensor detects how close an object is to the surface of the screen. This is typically used to detect when your face is pressed up against the screen, such as during a phone call.

● Smart Sonic Receiver (Internal) lets you hear the caller and automated prompts. See

Smart Sonic Receiver .

● Front-Facing Camera Lens takes pictures and records videos while facing the screen, and allows you to video conference.

● Touchscreen displays all the information needed to operate your phone. Use finger gestures to navigate and interact with items on the screen.

● LED Indicator displays a phone notification, charging status, or alert.

● Headset Jack allows you to plug in an optional headset for convenient, hands-free conversations.

● Power Button lets you turn the phone on or off or turn the screen on or off, or switch your phone to silent mode, vibration mode, or airplane mode.

● Charger/Accessory Jack allows you to connect the micro-USB cable (included) to charge the battery or to transfer files to and from a computer.

● Bottom Primary Microphone transmits your voice and ambient sound during voice calls, voice recordings and videos.

● Back Secondary Microphone suppresses background noise improving audio quality for the other party during voice calls except in speakerphone mode.

● Volume Button allows you to adjust the ringtone or media volume when you are not on a call, or adjust the voice volume during a call.

● Internal Antennas facilitate reception and transmission. To maximize performance, do not obstruct while using the phone.

● Back Camera Lens lets you take pictures and videos.

● Camera Flash helps illuminate subjects in low-light environments when taking a picture or recording a video.

● Speaker lets you hear the different ringtones and sounds. The speaker also lets you hear the caller’s voice in speakerphone mode.

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Smart Sonic Receiver

Smart Sonic receiver transmits sound through vibrations on your phone’s display screen. Place your ear around the internal receiver and adjust the position of the phone to find the best hearing point depending on the surrounding environment.

Note: Do not cover the microphones during a call as it may compromise the hearing quality.

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Get the Phone Ready

Insert the Battery

1. Insert your thumbnail or fingernail into the slit and lift the battery cover.

2. Insert the battery, contacts end first, and gently press into place.

3. Replace the cover, applying equal pressure from the top down on both sides and making sure all the locking tabs of the cover are seated with no gaps.

Charge the Battery

1. Plug the smaller end of the micro-USB cable into the phone’s charger/accessory jack.

2. Plug the other end of the USB cable into the charger, and then plug the charger into an electrical outlet.

Note: Your phone’s battery should have enough charge for the phone to turn on and find a signal, set up voicemail, and make a call. You should fully charge the battery as soon as possible.

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Insert the SIM Card

1. Insert your thumbnail or fingernail into the slit and lift the battery cover.

2. Grasp the white pull-tab extending from the battery pack and pull the battery out of its compartment.

3. Hold the SIM card so that the metal contacts on the SIM card face down and the cut off corner points to the top and left. Insert the SIM card into the SIM card holder.

4. Insert the battery, contacts end first, and gently press into place.

5. Replace the cover, applying equal pressure from the top down on both sides and making sure all the locking tabs of the cover are seated with no gaps.

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Insert a microSD Card

Insert a compatible microSD card into your phone. For more details on microSD card, see

microSD Card .

1. Insert your thumbnail or fingernail into the slit and lift the battery cover.

2. Insert a microSD card into the microSD card holder with the gold terminals facing down. Gently push the card in until it snaps into place.

3. Replace the cover, applying equal pressure from the top down on both sides and making sure all the locking tabs of the cover are seated with no gaps.

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Turn the Phone On and Off

Turn the Phone On

► Press and hold the Power button.

Turn the Phone Off

1. Press and hold the Power button to open the phone options menu.

2. Touch Power off > OK.

Restart the Phone

1. Press and hold the Power button to open the phone options menu.

2. Touch Restart > OK.

Turn the Screen On and Off

Turn the Screen On and Unlock It

1. Press the Power button.

2. Touch and hold the key icon on the screen and flick toward the unlock icon to unlock the screen.

To disable the screen lock or select a different type of lock feature, see Screen Lock .

Turn the Screen Off When Not in Use

► Press the Power button.

To save battery power, the phone automatically turns off the screen after a certain period of time when you leave it idle. You will still be able to receive messages and calls while the phone’s screen is off. For information on how to adjust the time before the screen turns off,

see Sleep .

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Setup Wizard

Your Hydro XTRM has the Setup Wizard to set up your phone quickly and easily. On the

Welcome screen which is displayed when you turn on your phone for the first time, touch Get

Started to start the Setup Wizard.

The Setup Wizard consists of the following sections:

● Selecting Language

● Setting up Wi-Fi

● Signing in to Email

● Signing in to Social Network

Follow the onscreen instructions to quickly set up your phone.

Customer Support

Customer support is available from the following resources:

● Visit http://www.metropcs.com/ and click Support.

● Contact Customer Service 1-888-8metro8 (1-888-863-8768) or your local MetroPCS retail location.

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Touchscreen Navigation

Warning: Do not touch with a pen or stylus. It may damage the touchscreen.

Touch Touch and Hold Drag

Touch the screen with your finger to select or launch a menu, option, or application.

A light touch works best.

Swipe or Slide

To open the available options for an item (for example, a keyboard), touch and hold the item.

Flick

Touch and hold your finger before you start to move it.

Do not release your finger until you have reached the target position.

To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen.

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Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, except that you need to swipe your finger in light, quick strokes.

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Pinch and Spread Rotate

Pinch the screen using your thumb and forefinger to zoom out or spread the screen to zoom in when viewing a picture or a Web page. (Move fingers inward to zoom out and outward to zoom in.)

For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the phone sideways.

When entering text, you can turn the phone sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard.

Note: The Auto-rotate screen check box needs to be selected for the screen orientation to automatically change.

Touch Home > > Settings >

Display > Auto-rotate screen.

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Home Screen

The home screen is the starting point for all applications, functions, and menus. From any application screen, touch Home to return to the main home screen.

Home Screen Overview

● Status Bar: Displays the time, notification, and phone status icons. Slide down to display the Notifications panel.

● Notifications Tab: Displays the number of notifications. Touch the tab or slide down the status bar to display the Notifications panel.

● Shortcut: Allows you to quickly launch applications.

● Application Launcher: Displays available applications and widgets on the phone.

● Back: Lets you return to the previous screen, or close a dialog box, options menu, the

Notifications panel, or onscreen keyboard.

● Home: Returns you to the main home screen.

● Recent Apps: Displays the recently used applications window.

● Favorites Tray: Contains up to five icons and appears on every home screen. You can customize these icons except the application launcher icon in the center of the tray.

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● Screen Position Indicator: Indicates where you are among the home screens. Touch to access each screen. The house shaped icon shows the main home screen.

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Folder: Allows you to store multiple application icons as a group. See Use Folders .

● Widget: Allows you to access various useful programs.

● Google Search Bar: Allows you to enter text or spoken keywords for a quick search on the phone or on the Internet. Touch to enter text or touch to speak your keyword.

Extended Home Screens

In addition to the main home screen, your phone has extended home screens to provide more space for adding icons, widgets, and more.

Access the Extended Home Screens

► Touch Home and then drag across the screen to move from the main screen to an extended screen.

- or –

On the Screen Position Indicator, touch

to access each extended screen.

to access the main home screen, or touch

Customize the Home Screens

Manage Your Home Screens

You can reduce the number of home screens to three or increase it up to seven.

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1. Lightly pinch any home screen with your thumb and index finger to display the home screen thumbnails.

2. The following options are available:

 Touch a thumbnail to access the home screen.

 Touch to add a new home screen.

 Touch and hold a thumbnail and drag it to rearrange the positions of the home screens. Release the thumbnail where you want to place it.

 Touch and hold a thumbnail, drag it to “ Remove” and release it when it turns red to remove the home screen. The main home screen cannot be removed.

 Touch the home icon at the top of each screen to set the screen as the main home screen.

3. Touch DONE.

Add App Shortcuts or Widgets to the Home Screen

1. Touch on the favorites tray.

2. Slide the APPS and WIDGETS screens to find the item you want to add to the home screen.

3. Touch and hold an app icon or a widget and move your finger to find the place to add it to. The blue frames which appear on the screen indicate where you might place the item.

4. Release your finger.

Move or Remove Items on the Home Screen

► Touch and hold the item you want to move or remove on the screen.

 To move the item, drag it to a new area and release it.

 To remove the item, drag it over “ Remove” at the top of the screen and release it when it turns red.

Favorites Tray

The favorites tray takes up to five icons and appears on every home screen. You can replace those icons except the application launcher icon in the center of the tray.

To add a new icon to the favorites tray:

1. Remove the current icon on the tray. See Move or Remove Items on the Home Screen .

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2. Touch and hold an app icon and drag it to the favorites tray.

3. Release your finger.

Use Folders

You can place several app icons in a folder. Drop an app icon over another on the home screen, and the two icons will be in the same folder.

1. Touch and hold an app icon and drag it over another on the home screen.

2. Release your finger. You can see two icons piled within a folder (a black square).

3. Touch the square. You can see the app icons within the folder.

4. Touch Unnamed Folder. The keyboard opens and you can name the folder. To rename it, touch the name.

Change Wallpaper

1. Touch and hold the empty area on the home screen.

2. Select one of the following options:

 Gallery/Graphics: Select to use saved or taken pictures on your phone. Touch to select a picture, and crop it before setting it as wallpaper.

 Live Wallpapers: Select to use Live wallpapers. Select the wallpaper and touch Set

wallpaper.

 Wallpapers: Select to use preset wallpapers. Select the wallpaper and touch Set

wallpaper.

Launcher Screens

You can rearrange or customize the view of your launcher screens where you can find all apps on your phone.

Sort the Apps on Your Phone

1. Touch Home > > > Sort by….

2. Select an option:

 Alphabetical: Your apps are rearranged in alphabetical order.

 Downloaded date: Your apps are rearranged according to the downloaded date.

 Custom: Additional options are available to customize your launcher screens. See

Customize Your Launcher Screens for details.

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Customize Your Launcher Screens

To move the apps on the launcher screens:

1. Touch Home > > > App sorting.

2. Touch and hold an app, drag it to a new position and release it. To move it to another screen, drag the app to Jump to another screen and release it on the screen you want to place it.

3. Touch DONE.

To move the launcher screens:

1. Touch Home > > > Screen sorting.

2. Touch and hold a screen, drag it to a new position and release it.

3. Touch DONE.

To add a launcher screen:

1. Touch Home > > > Add screen.

2. Touch to select the apps to be on the added screen. The selected number is displayed at the top of the screen. You can select up to 16 apps.

3. Touch DONE. A new screen is added with the selected apps on it.

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Status Bar

The status bar at the top of the screen provides phone and service status information on the right side and notification alerts on the left. Slide the status bar down to open the

Notifications panel and see the list of notifications you received.

Status Icons

Description

Bluetooth ® enabled

Wi-Fi ® active (full signal)

Vibrate

Silent

Network (full signal)

Network (no signal)

GPRS; General Packet Radio Service (data service)

2G (data service)

3G (data service)

4G (data service)

4G LTE (data service)

Airplane mode

Alarm set

Battery (charging)

Battery (full charge)

Battery (discharged)

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Notification Icons

Description

Missed call

New email

New Gmail

New SMS or MMS message

Event

Music application is running background

USB connection

Alarm

When animating, GPS is active

Downloading

USB tethering or/and Mobile Hotspot active

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Notifications Panel

Open the Notifications panel to view the Power control bar, the list of notifications you received, and more.

To open the Notifications panel:

► Slide the status bar down to the bottom of the touchscreen.

Tip: You can access your phone’s Settings menu by touching at the upper right of the

Notifications panel. For more information on the Settings menu, see Settings .

Power Control Bar

The Power control bar allows you to configure the following features from this screen.

● Wi-Fi: Touch to enable or disable the Wi-Fi feature. See Wi-Fi .

● GPS: Touch to enable or disable the GPS feature. See Turn Location Mode On .

● Bluetooth: Touch to enable or disable the Bluetooth feature. See Bluetooth .

● Sound: Touch to configure the sound settings for ringtone and notification. See

Volumes .

● Airplane mode: Touch to turn Airplane mode on or off. See Airplane Mode Settings .

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